French girl fashion blog that breaks all the rules.

Summer’s heat has been pounding us into the pavement for almost a week here in Northern California and I’m ready to unwrap my body for some summer play. I have not shamed my body into submission this year in preparation for summer, because I think I’m hot the way I am, so all I need is a bikini to bare it all. I want...

Styling Tips

There’s nothing that brings me back to the good ol’ days like a street style post that isn’t filled with editors. There’s something about a real outfit that a person is wearing to actually do things in (unlike me at times) that is so refreshing and different than anything that’s staged. These days, it’s common for people to buy something to wear only for...

Tapping the search bar, your strength fails you and you press "cancel" with a furiousness because, in an emotional fog, you feel a desperation to see exactly what necklace that gingham dress was paired with.

1. Google “how can I have everything I want?” Hope there is some magical cure you’ve somehow never thought of. All the articles will try to get you to spend less. As if. Googling your problems away is the easiest/most realistic option but also the least likely to work (unless you found this post, yay for you!) 2. Get a credit card. But most...

"Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing."

Alexander Wang

About

“Ça tombe bien sur toi”

My name is Cameron Smith and this is a French girl fashion blog that breaks all the rules. I care just a little bit less about being perfect on the internet than I used to (mainly cause I’m planning on a freelance career, otherwise I’m screwed?). This blog is not for vanilla ladies but I’m also a bit shy… plus I’m a millennial and I’m really not as cool as my gen z friends so it’s not as wild as my favorite rappers get.

Although I am American, I would describe my style as minimalist with a coy sex appeal which happens to be stereotypical French girl style (let’s be honest, not all French women dress like this). I’m all about clothes that “fall nicely,” whether or not this is problematic.

As a feminist, there are things about worshipping the French girl fashion aesthetic that bother me. It frustrates me this idea that women are supposed to look beautiful without trying: it’s that whole thing where French women allegedly pretend to wear less makeup than they are wearing or the whole thing (that has subsided recently) where straight-size models act like they eat cheeseburgers. The whole “French Women Don’t Get Fat” book? That’s a problem for so many reasons not to mention fat-shaming. This is not that blog. I feel there are ways to celebrate this style without falling into sexist tropes and creating body image issues.

I want this to be a place where we can respect and borrow from the ways some French women dress without buying into ideas that some women are genetically perfect and we will never measure up. Personally, I wear lots of makeup (I say yes to baking). And I don’t eat to feel good, I eat (and sometimes fail) to try to stay thin. So I definitely don’t accept my body.

It’s weird that things have come to this: that the images of women in the media have become so unrealistic that I feel the need to say these personal things to push against that idea. And I only have to say those things because I know that all the pictures I post have purposefully been crafted to give the illusion that these realities aren’t true. I don’t want to have photographic evidence of the parts of me I don’t accept.

This blog is going to be a place where we can indulge in unfettered consumerism (and will mostly ignore the fast fashion conversation – I do recommend watching “The True Cost” for some food for thought), but I will sometimes delve into giving a little insight into and history of fashion houses that are relevant to our sensibilities. And it’s a place for people who love this style regardless of race, size, or gender identity.